TI Retirees

Texas Instruments Retiree Club of Houston

"We Socialize Together"

Happy New Year!!
o Our next Lunch/Business Meeting is Wednesday, January 21st at the Golden Coral on Airport Blvd.
o Sign up quickly for our February 12th Day Trip to the South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant
and lunch at the Hotel Blessing Coffee Shop. The bus is filling up fast.

Our members and their guests have lots of fun on our monthly Day Trips!! Brochures for upcoming trips are under the Day Trips tab at the left.

A Message from the President...

What a crowd we had at our Special Membership drive. The drive was a result of the Annual TI Evening (BBQ) being canceled due to Hurricane Ike. It was done to show the appreciation to members, retirees and those eligible for membership and to allow the Retirees Club to recruit new members. We appreciate TI's involvement in this event.

Bruce Petty, Site Maintenance Manager, spoke to the retirees and expressed his appreciation on behalf of TI for the work that was done while working at TI and to show their support for TIRET. He also touched some on the state of TI.

Bob Gruber talked to the group and his speech was directed at non-members but it ended up getting the attention of some of the regular members. Some people were unaware of the many trips and events our Club has. Bob has summarized his speech and it also appears in this edition of the Vigor for those who did not attend or had trouble hearing.

Many thanks go out to Bob for the time he spent coordinating and getting this event to happen.

After Bobs Speech we had our regular business meeting. A quorum was present and the membership voted and approved spending $450 for the Christmas Party.

In October the Nominating Committee presented a slate of officers to be voted on in our November meeting. The slate consisted of Ralph Garcia - President, Bob Gruber - Vice President, Sue Leigh - Secretary, Tony Leigh - Treasurer. There were no other nomination and the whole slate was elected by acclimation.

The Nominating committee also recommended two chairpersons willing to head two of committees which had been without a chair. Charles Slanina was recommended for the Day Trip Committee and Lonnie Buckner was recommended for the Program committee. Both were approved by me. Charles introduced the next three trips coming up. Lonnie Buckner already has someone lined up to talk to in January.

The committee also nominated Mary Lee Cameron to Co-Chair the Calling committee with Beverly Cayton. Mary Lee will be helping Beverly at the beginning of the year if not sooner.

Our Annual Christmas Party will again be in the San Antonio Room at the Safari Texas Ranch. Members were very well satisfied last year so if you couldn't make it last year mark December 16 on your calendar and plan on attending. The cutoff for signing up has extended until December 12. The flyer is on our web site or call Israel Morales to sign up at Ph (281) 498-2219.

If you know of someone not getting eVIGOR or the VIGOR please let us know.

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I hope to see you at our next meeting, trip or event.

Ralph Garcia
Ph. 281-980-3702
rgarcia28@alltel.net

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CLUB?

When was it formed? How did it get started? Who was the first president of the club? When did we have the first Annual TI Retiree BBQ Banquet? What was the first club logo? Where did we get our By-Laws from?

The answers to these questions and more are being researched by our club’s Historian Chairman, Israel Morales.

Israel says the club will be 20 years old in 2009 and its about time its history is put down in writing.

He has been researching club history for only two months and with the help of some of the original members has already found a wealth of material.

Do you recognize any of the people in the attached picture?

He has many more for all to look at in the near future. So, keep in touch with the Vigor and with the web.

If you have any pictures that were taken in the last ten years or more please contact Israel Morales, 11506 Dorrance Lane, Meadows Place, Tex. 77477 telephone 281-498-2219.

2008 Club Officers:

President - Ralph Garcia Secretary - Susan Leigh Treasurer - Tony Leigh Vice-President - Bob Gruber

The Texas Instruments Retiree Club of Houston (TIRET) is chartered under the sponsorship of the Hou-Texins Association (HTA).

The primary purpose of the TIRET is to provide a social environment encouraging intra fellowship for TI ex-employees and their spouses residing in the greater Houston area. It functions as a venue for education, recreation, entertainment, and self-improvement for the membership.

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